Track liner



Aug. 4. 1925. 15485 9.

' B. WOLHAUPTER TRACK unsre riginaliFiled Dec. 26, 1925 Patentetl Aug. 4, 1925.

UNITED STATES AT eine.

BENJAMIN 'WOLI-IA'UP'IER, OF NEW" ROCHELLE, NE'W YORK, ASSIGI\TOR T0 'II-IE RAIL J'OINT COMPANY, OF YORK, N. Y. L CORPORATION' OF NEW YORK.

TRACK LINER.

Original application fi1cd December 2G, 1923, Se1ial N0. 682,769. Divided and this application filed April Be it known (hat I, BENJAMIN Won- HAUPTER, a citizen 0f the Unitecl Stetes, resicling nt 28 Neptune Ave., New Rochelle, in the county of Vestchester and State 0'E New York, liave invented certain new and nseful Improvemei1ts in Track Liners, 01 Wl1'lcl1 Ehe following is a specification.

'll1is invention relates totraclz liners adapcecl f01 use in 1elining 1aili0iid track, anal has particular reference 1 0 a track liner of tl1e general type sl1own in my copcncling application, Serial Niunber 682,769, filecl December 26, 1.928, wl1ich l1as resulted in Patent N0. 1,538,775, 0f Mziy 19, 1925, 0f which the present case is a division.

A primary object of the invenfiion is to pr0vicle an eflicient track liner plate 0'f simple and compamtively light construction which aiforcls ample anchorage 01 footing in tl1e ballast ancl provicles a series of fulcrun1 points for the crow-loar 01 otl1e1 lever. Also it is the purpose 0f the invention t0 provicle a track liner plate by rneans 01 Wl1ich the track may readily be sl1ifted lalerally in successive steps witl1 a minimmn physical efiiort, tl1is being particularly aclvantageous when a heavy 01 tight track is being operatecl upon, 01 whenever a small number 01. men are employecl at a particula1 point along cl1e traok.

A special object 0f tl1e invention is to provide a for1n 0'i' construction which afiords tl1e trackman a new fulcru1n point 011 euch slight aclvance 0f tl1e rail, thereby providing maximnm efiiciency and flexibility 0f application.

Vith the above anal other objects in view wl1ich Will 1n01e reaclily appear 215 the nature of the invention is better unclerstoocl, the same consists in tl1e novel construction, combination ancl arran ement 0f parts hereinafter more fnlly clescribecl, illustratecl and claimecl.

A pref-erred anal practica]. embodiment of the invention is shown in tl1e accompanying clrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application cf tl1e invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the track liner plate shown in sicle elevation in Figure 1.

Similar reference characters clesignate 001- Serial N0. 23,887.

responcling parts throughont tl1e several fignres 0f tl1e clrawings.

In practice the plate 01 base B may be macle 0f malleable iron 01 preSs-ed steel, ancl because cf its relatively shallow clepth it ma; be readily plncecl in osition over tl1e ballast und beneath a mil, thereby to provicle the clesirecl base 01 footing f01 the t0e T cf lil1e fulcruming lever L whicl1 may be a erow-bar 01 other similar me1nber capable oif being nmnipulatecl t0 exe1t the clesi1ecl shifting 01' fulcruming pressure 011 tl1e base flange 7 0'f the rail R.

Referring more particularly to tl1e platze B it Will be observecl that the san1e is pro viclecl Willi tw0 longitudinal series 8 anal 9 0f transverse fulcruming shoulclers 10 ancl 11, respectively. As the plate is formed of pressecl steel 01 nmlleable i1on the unclersicle thereof preferably assumes the same steppecl 01" shoulderecl formation as the upper sicle, thereby providinge plurality of angular corrugations 12 in tl1e plate whiel1 present at tl1e bottom face thereof the bal last engaging anchoring shoulclers 13. As shown, tl1e corrugations 0f 011e 0f tl1e series S, a1e disposecl in staggerecl relation t0 the corrugations 0f tl1e series 9, thus staggering the fulcrum1ng shoulclers 10 and 11 as well as tl1e ancl1or1ng shoulclers: 13, thus prov1ding a multiplicity 0f ballast engaging.

shoulclers at the bottom olt' the plate, ancl likewise a multiplicity 0f lever engaging shoulclers ab the top of the plate.

The plate is reversible so that it becomes immaterial, in operation, which side is uppermost. In using the plate it Will be reaclily apparent that the crow-bzu- 01' other lever is successively fulcrumed 011 the shoulclers 10 ancl 11 until tl1e track has been shiftecl tl1e required clistance.. If the track is to be 1novecl a relatively long clistance either set 01 shoulc'lers may be usecl c0nsecutively, or shoulclers 0f opposite rows may be nsecl alternately thereloy obtaining a finer acljustment of the "lu1crum point und comsequently effecting a lesser movement 0f tl1e 12Li1 with a corresponclingly less effort in the manipulation of tl1e lever 6.

Froin the foregoing, it Will be apparent tl1at tl1e present invention makes aclequate provision f01 a reversible fulcruming plate having a plurality of staggerecl abutment \Vithout further description, it.iS ihought that the features 0f the invention will be readily apparent, and it Will 0f corse be understood that changes in the formproortion and minor details 0f consrruction may be resortedto, without departin-g f10111.

the spi1it 0f the invention and scope=ofthe appended claims.

I claim:

l. A corrugated u1c1 um plaie -f01 track linevsihe conugations forming fu1c1um shoulderson 011e side 01 the plate and anchoring shoulders 011 the other side 0f the plate, the said corrugations 011 both sideis of t11e p]ate beingin stagge1ed formntion.

2. A reversible corru.qaterl fu1c1um plata for track liners, the corrugations forming fulcrunmshoulders 011 ne side 0f the p1ate und ancho1ing shouldens 011 the otherr side 0f the plate, the said corrugations 011 both sides of the platze being .in staggered formation.

3. A corrugatd:fulcrunmplate fo1 track linersthe comugai3ions forming on-Ihe uptudin u1ly y disposed per side of the plate a pair of longitudinally disposed series of fulc1rum shouldens, .the shoulders 013 011e series beit1g=.stagge1ed relative t0 the shoulders of the other series, the corrugations forming 011-- the under side 0:E

the plate a plurality 0f anchoring shoulders A reversible track 1i'net plate having 011 its upper and lower sides respectively a pair 0'f longitudinally disposed se1ies 0f fulcru1n shouldersand apai-rof longiseries of anchoring shoulders, the shoulders of one series being staggered relative t0 the shulde1ts 0f th fher series;

5. A revetsiblei corrugated track line1 plate, the 001rugations extending transversely 0f theplate a11d 'm'mnged in a pair 01 longitudinally:disposed ;series and forming 011 opposite sides ofthe p1ate =fulcrum and anchorinp; shouldersj the shoulders 0f one serieszbeing staggeredmelative t0 the shoulders 01% the other semes;

- In test1mom whereofl liereunto affix my signature in th;e p1tesence of two -:witmasses.

BENJAMIN VVOLHAUPTER.

\Vitnessesz G. A. DISBROW,* E. IC.IERSHN EK. 

